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Species of medium sized evergreen oak native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa, cultivated in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. The tree has a thick, insulating bark that helps it to recover quickly after forest fire; branches, having been protected from the fire by cork, quickly resprout and recompose the tree canopy, while other trees regrow from shoots or seeds. The lightweight, buoyant outer bark of the cork oak is used for stopping bottles, flooring, and many other purposes commercially. No trees are cut down during the harvesting process: the outer bark is stripped about every 10 years, and a new layer of cork grows.

Species of medium-sized, fast-growing oak tree distributed on rocky hillsides and sandy ridges throughout the eastern and Midwestern United States, having a black or dark brown bark. While the tree is occasionally used for lumber, its most important commercial product is a yellow dye obtained from the bark.

Species of evergreen tree native to the southeastern and gulf area of the United States into Mexico, and Cuba, having a coarse, reddish brown bark and reaching 50 feet in height. Valued for its hard, durable wood, formerly used in shipbuilding; today most often used for shade trees. It is readily hybridized, and thus confusion regarding varieties and certain common names has arisen.

Uno de los colorantes orgánicos más antiguos, hechos cuando el ácido quermésico se extrae de los cuerpos secos de larvas de insectos femeninos. Tinte quermes fue utilizado desde la antigüedad, y también contiene 18-32% de tanino y se utiliza para la fabricación de un cuero de color oscuro.

Colores rojos variables que se asemejan al color del colorante quermes, derivado de insectos hembra Kermes.

Mezcla de hidrocarburos líquidos obtenidos del petróleo en forma de un líquido aceitoso de color amarillo pálido a incoloro inflamable utilizado como combustible para lámparas, calentadores y motores a reacción, y como disolvente.

Criatura mitológica representada en el arte de Oriente medio como un león o toro con alas de águila y cara humana. Considerado como un ángel del segundo orden más alto en la jerarquía celestial de nueve niveles.

Vasijas para guardar y servir queso, generalmente consiste en un plato llano con una cubierta abombada. Use "plato de quesos" para aquellas bandejas en forma de tabla usadas para servir queso.

Cajas grandes o más pequeñas para guardar queso.

The state of an individual being unsure of their own gender or sexual orientation.

Long, flexible, iridescent green tail plumes of the resplendant quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno). These feathers held extremely high value in Nahua societies and were used in luxurious costumes, including back devices and headdresses.

A Nahua military insignia of postclassic central Mexico formed from a compressed fan of quetzal feathers worn as a back device. It was part of dance and war costumes of rulers, and paired with the xicalcoliuhqui (stepped-fret) design chimalli (shield). This insignia also designated troops from the altepetl of Quiyahuiztlan in Tlaxcala.

Anteojos que se mantienen en su lugar por un resorte que se sujeta a la nariz.

Paredes de una mezquita o idgah orientadas hacia la Meca y por lo general contienen un mimbar.

Earthenware jars of a particular type, found in Central and South American cultures.

Semi-liquid, loose sand which can suck down heavy objects that rest on its surface. Artist Robert Smithson featured the use of quicksand in his work The Hypothetical Continent in Stone: Cathaysia (1969).

Se refiere generalmente a la creencia que Dios solo obra en una persona que es completamente quieta y pasiva; los seguidores religiosos debía por consiguiente retirarse del mundo ordinario y suprimir su voluntad. También se refiere más específicamente a formas del misticismo cristiano, particularmente con inclinación a las controversias en la Edad Media y siglo XVII en España y Francia.

Placas laterales en muchos tipos de cascos que protegen las mejillas y a veces los oídos o la barbilla.